Home Entertainment Equipment Installers Job Description
The Home Entertainment Equipment Installers repair, adjust, or install audio or television receivers, stereo systems, camcorders, video systems, or other electronic home entertainment equipment.
Task requirements for Home Entertainment Equipment Installers
The Home Entertainment Equipment Installers disassemble entertainment equipment and repair or replaces loose, worn, or defective components and wiring, using hand tools and soldering irons.
The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer installs, services, and repairs electronic equipment or instruments such as televisions, radios, and videocassette recorders.
The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer calibrates and tests equipment, and locates circuit and component faults, using hand and power tools and measuring and testing instruments such as resistance meters and oscilloscopes.
The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer confers with customers to determine the nature of problems or to explain repairs.
The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer tunes or adjusts equipment and instruments to obtain optimum visual or auditory reception, according to specifications, manuals, and drawings.
The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer instructs customers on the safe and proper use of equipment.
The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer computes cost estimates for labor and materials.
The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer reads and interprets electronic circuit diagrams, function block diagrams, specifications, engineering drawings, and service manuals.
The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer keeps records of work orders and test and maintenance reports.
The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer makes service calls to repair units in customers’ homes, or return units to shops for major repairs.
The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer needs knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer needs knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer needs knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer needs knowledge off transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operations of telecommunications systems.
The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer needs knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer needs knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer needs knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer needs knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Work Activities for the Home Entertainment Equipment Installer
Updating and using relevant knowledge- The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer must keep up-to-date technically and apply new knowledge to their job functions.
Getting Information- The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer observes, receives, and otherwise obtains information from all relevant sources.
Repairing and maintaining electronic equipment- The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer services, repairs, calibrates, regulates, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operates primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic not mechanical principles.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events- The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer identifies information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Making decisions and solving problems- The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer analyzes information and evaluates results to chose the best solution and solve problems.
Organizing, planning, and prioritizing work- The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize and accomplish your work.
Interacting with computers- The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer uses computers and computer systems including hardware and software to program, write software set up functions, enter data, or process information.
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material- The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer inspects equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates- The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer provides information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Training and Teaching others- The Home Entertainment Equipment Installer must be able to identify the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others as part of their job functions.